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ON THE EPISTLE OF JAMES
SENIOR 1 DIVISION
Fourth C uarter".
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Introductory Note
AUTHORSHIP.— There are several persons mentioned in the
New Testament bearing the name James : (I) the son of Zebe-
dee; Mark : 19, 20; 3 : 17 ; (2) the son of Alpheus, Matt. to: 3;
Mark 3: 18; (3) the Lord's brother, Matt. 13 : 55;'Mark 6 ;
(4) James the Less; Mark 15 : 40 ; (5) the brother of Jude, Jude
r. While there is some question as to the authorship of, the
epistle of
.
James, it is generally conceded that it was written
by James the Just, the Lord's brother. He is called "the Just"
by Josephus, who says that he was. celebrated for his integrity
and zeal., Dr. Adam Clarke says :. "Modern. critics are agreed,
with almost entire unanimity, that 'James the brother of our
Lord,' who seems to have been recognized as the chief minister
9f the church at Jerusalem, was the author of the epistle." "He
resided at Jerusalem, seems,.„to,
„
have been married 0 Cor. 9 : 5),
and was early a,re'cognized1eader in the church. Acts 12: 17;
21:..18; :Gal..
2:
9, 12. He appears to have seen Christ shortly
before His ascension (1 Cor. 15 : 7), and to have presided over
the council held at Jerusalem A. D. 49. Acts 15: 13." ("Smith's
Bible Dictionary.")
' •
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DATE AND PLACE.—
There is some difference ,of opinion con-
cerning .the date
.
of the epistle, the latest date assigned being
A. D. 62. • "The epistle of James is generally supposed to have
been written at Jerusalem, about A. D. 61, by James .to
jUst,
shortly before his death."
(Id.)
"Many expressions and references in the epistle make it
fully certain that it was written before the destruction of Jeru-
salem:.
It would seem, from a comparison of all the evidence
that can be made to bear upon the case, that the epistle could
not have- been :written earlier than A. D., 5o,..nor later than A. D.
62." Adam Clarke.
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SABBATH-SCHOOL LESSON QUARTERLY
OCTOBER 3, 1914
Lesson 1— Trials; Seeking Wisdom
DAILY STUDY OUTLINE
Questions Notes
Sunday
Exhortation to nil Christians
1-4
Monday
Source of true wisdom
6
, 7
Tuesday .... Seeking wisdom
8-10 5
Wednesday .. The prayer of faith
11-13
Thursday ... Unstability; saving faith
14,15
Friday
Review the lesson
LESSON SCRIPTURE:
James I: 1-8
Questions
1.
What does James call himself ? To whom is this
epistle addressed ? James I : I. Note 1.
2.
To what time does the instruction of this epistle
extend? James
5:
3,
7-9.
Note
2.
3.
What experiences are we to receive with joy?
James
I : 2.
Note 3.
4.
What will the trying of our faith, if patiently en-
dured, do for us? Verse 3. Note 4.
5.
What scope should be given to patience? What will
result to us personally if we do this? Verse 4.
6.
From whom should we ask wisdom? What en-
couragement is given those who thus seek ? Verse
5.
7.
From whom does all true wisdom and knowledge
come ? Jer. 8:
9.
Compare James 3 :
17.
8.
How does the wisdom of this world compare with
that which comes from above
? 1
Cor.
I : 20, 25-27.
9.
How are we to ask for this wisdom ? James
I
: 6,
first part.
Icr. To what are those who ask with doubt compared ?
Verse 6, last part. Note
5.
T.
What kind of prayer has the Lord promised to
answer? Matt.
2
c
1_,.; 22,;
Mark
1.1..:.22-24.,
12.
What needithe wavering manotl think? Jame'
: 7.
13.
What is he who wavers through unbelief called?
What is he said to be? Verse 8.
SABBATH-SCHOOL LESSON QUARTERLY
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14.
What example is given of an unstable man? How
does unstability affect the development of character?
Gen. 49 : 3, 4.
15.
What is possible to the one who believes God?
Mark 9 : 23.
Notes
t. James assumes no title. He does not claim to be the
Lord's brother, or an apostle, or bishop at Jerusalem. He simply
designates himself as "a servant of God," a title which is an
honor above all others.
He writes to the twelve tribes scattered abroad,—to all
Christians. His exhortations to faith, stability, obedience,
patience, and devotion to God, while equally applicable to any
age and to any people, may be especially helpful to those who live
.through the conflicts of the last days.
2.
As the instruction given reaches down to the last days,
and Christians are designated as "the twelve tribes which are
scattered abroad," it shows that no Israel is now recognized but
Christian, or spiritual Israel. This would explain how the sealing
work of Rev. 7: 1-8, which gathers twelve thousand from each
of the twelve tribes of Israel, can be fulfilled in the last genera-
tion.
3.
"The word which is here translated 'temptation' signifies
affliction, persecution, or trial of any kind ; and in this sense is
used here."— Clarke.
When temptations come, we are not to consider them as a
punishment, or as some curse or calamity visited upon us because
we are wicked. God's people in all ages have been tried, many
even suffering death.
4.
The word "steadfastness" is given in the margin of the
Revised Version instead of "patience." This gives the true idea.
A person might seemingly be very patient and yet be very un-
stable. The design of all trials is to develop steadfastness, and
stability is wrought into the character of the person who patiently
endures trials.
5.
Nothing presents a more striking symbol of unstability
and restlessness than the surging, ever-changing, shifting waves
of the sea, never at rest, always on the move, coming in and go-
ing out, subject to wind and tide. Compare Isa. 57: 20,
21.
The
Lord does not want us to be like that. He exhorts us to be es-
tablished on the immovable rock of faith. It is ask and receive ;
seek and find. If we ask for wisdom, He will not upbraid us for
.
ou.r_ignorance, but from the storehouse of His fulness, will
liberalrvgiv_g to us all that we need.
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SABBATH-SCHOOL LESSON QUARTERLY
OCTOBER JO,
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Lesson 2— The Frailty of Man; The Root of Temptation
DAILY STUDY OUTLINE .
Questions Notes
Sunday
Class distinction'
;Uwe—away,.
in
'Christ; frailty lot man
1-3
1
Monday
True riches
4, 5
Tuesday .... Enduring temptation
6-10 2,3
Wednesday ..
Wages
of sin; danger of not
knowing the Scriptures
11-18 4, 5
Thursday .
Source of , every good and perfect
gift
14,15 6,7
Friday
Review the lesson
LESSON SCRIPTURE : James I :
9
-18
cniestions
T.
In what may one of low degree rejoice ? James r : 9.
2.
In what are.the rich to rejoice? Why should this
be a
-
cause for rejoicing? Verse ro. Note
I.
3.
is the frailty of the rich man illustrated?
Verse
II.
4.
For what good purpose may wealth be used ? Luke
r6: 9=12.
5.
Wbat is characteristic of those who love riches?
Eecl.
-Io
Upon whom is a blessing pronounced ? What is
promised to those
,
who endure temptation ? James
I : 12.
Note
2.
7.
What are the tempted not to say ? Why should
they not say this? Verse 13.
8.
Where is the root of all temptation ? Verse 14.
Note 3.
' 9. What is the offspring of lust? Verse 15, first part.
Jo. When finished, what does sin bring forth? Verse
-
15, last part.
11.
What* is the wage that sin pays ? Rom. 6 : 23 ;
Rev.
20 :
14. Note 4.
•
I2.
-What caution is given ? James
I :
16.
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yeason'did' the SaviOui
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, give as to why the
Pharisees had.
..erred? Matt. 22: 29.. Note 5..
14. From whom -does every gbod and perfect
come? "
is' God's ufichdrikeableriess .e4reSsed?'
James 1; 17. Note 6.
, ,
- Is. What has'God done
.
for 'us?- By what are We be-
gOtten ? For what ptirpbSe?, Verse
Peter. I.23.
,
•
Peter. I:23.- Note
•1
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Notes
i. Among men there are clags distinctions, but all are one in
Christ Jesus. Christianity brings
up On the same level. The
true value of a man consists in moral worth. Character is what
the Lord considers ,of value.,, Christ•did.not. die for the
:
talented
and wealthy'only. He died
(
for all. .All have equ'alOiiii3Ortunity
to be saved. The poor of this world, the ignorant, the downcast,
the downtrodden, the one of lowly rank, or humble circumstances,
though of
degree" 'in 'man's- sight,Ariay
'
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,be` of more
-
value
in God's sight than the. gold ..of,
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Ophir.
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; 'the rich of this world;
-,
without noble aspirations, covetous,
and
.SeIfiSh. unless they, re
pent, may only be'as a'ivithereirbranck:':Vell; indeed, maY'siliCh
a one who.comes to himself, and seeks
;
the
lowliness
i
ot:
spirit, rejoice in that
-
hiS. heart has:.beer'.brOlceri arid
humbled.
,
2. Before' we receive
-
the crown,.we riitigt be tested.
trial that the chaff is separated from
the
wheat. 'There must,be
battle-fields in every life. Fire and hammer and
-
file
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are
-
neces-
sary to give form to metal. So character is shaped and bright-
ened in trial. Those who faithfully endure the grinding, test-
ing process will receive the crown.
3: The word "hist" here means desire.: . The source of all
temtitation is in man himself. There maY be induceinerit to sin';
but there must be some inclination, some desire for it,
-
to give
it power. If there were no desire, or appetite, for food, there
would be no temptation
-
to eat even if it were placed
-
before us.
The unrestrained man will be drawn along by his Own natural
propensities to sin. Power over the sin in his own fleshly
heart is the need of every
4.
The wages, or reward, of sin is not eternal life iri misery,
and unspeakable torture in the lake of fire; but it is
death,
the
second
death, in the "fire prepared for the devil and his angels."
The righteous receive the gift of God, eternal life; the wicked
the opposite, eternal death.
5.
Error is darkness. Truth is light. Ignorance of the Scrip-
tures and of the power of God is responsible for all the •error
and darkness that cover the earth, whether scientific or religious.
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SABBATH-SCHOOL LESSON QUARTERLY
6.
God is always the same, at all seasons and in all ages.
"For I am the Lord, I change not." There is no alteration in His
character, His purposes, His plans. What Be was in the eter-
nity of the past, He will be countless ages yet to come. Human
affairs change, nations pass away, but God is the same. We
have to-day the same blessed Christ that healed the sick and
comforted the sorrowful when on earth. Heb. I : 10-12; 13:8.
7.
The word from which the phrase "begat He us" is trans-
lated is the same that in verse 15 is rendered "bringeth forth."
Sin "bringeth forth" death, but the word of God "bringeth
forth" life. It is the voice of God, His word, that "bringeth
forth" the dead out of their dusty beds at the resurrection.
OCTOBER 17, 1914
Lesson 3 — The Engrafted Word; Pure Religion
DAILY STUDY OUTLINE
Sunday
Instruction In hearing and
Questions
Notes
speaking
1-3
1
Monday
The engrafted Word; hearing and
doing
4-8
2
Tuesday
The Christian's mirror; bridling
the tongue
9-12
3, 4
Wednesday ..
Pure religion
13, 14
5
Thursday
...
Complete surrender to God; trans-
formation of character
15, 18
Friday
Review the lesson
LESSON SCRIPTURE:
James
I: 19-27
Questions
I. What instruction is given with reference to how
we should hear? What in reference to speaking? What
concerning anger? James i : 19. Note I.
2.
What similar instruction is given by the apostle
Paul ? Eph. 5 :4; Col. 3 : 8.
3.
Why should we be slow to wrath? James :
20.
4.
What are we admonished to lay aside? Verse
21,
first part.
5.
What are we to receive? What is this Word able
to do? Verse
21,
last part. Note
2.
6.
What is necessary upon our part, that the Word
may benefit us? Verse
22.
SABBATH-SCHOOL LESSON' QUARTERLY
9
7.
To whom is the man who hears, but does not obey,
compared? What does he do? What does he forget?
Verses 23, 24.
8.
By what illustration did the Saviour show the folly
of this course ? Matt. 7: 24-27.
9.
What constitutes the great Christian mirror? To
whom is a blessing promised ? James i : 25. Note 3.
1o. By what is a vain profession of religion shown?
Verse 26. Note 4.
1. From what should the tongue ever be withheld?
I Peter 3: io; Ps. 34: 13.
12.
What did the psalmist say he would do in this
matter ? Ps. 39 : I.
13.
How is pure religion defined? James I : 27. Note 5.
14.
How much is embraced in the expression "un-
spotted from the world"? i John
2 : 15, 16.
15., How thorough should be our surrender to God?
Rom.
12: I.
16. To what should we not be conformed ? What
transformation should be experienced? Why should this
change take place? Verse
2.
Notes
I. "In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin." Prov.
to: to. "He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life." Prov.
13: 3. "Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be
hasty to utter anything before God." Eccl. 5: 2. Many times we
have occasion to regret that we have spoken, but seldom that we
remained silent.
2. The Revised Version reads the
"implanted
Word"; and in
the margin, the "inborn Word." The word of God implanted in
the heart creates us new creatures in Christ Jesus. "Having
been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorrupti-
ble, through the word of God who liveth and abideth." I Peter
I : 23, A. R. V., margin.
3. It is not enough to look occasionally into the great mirror
of God's law ; because, as in looking into a glass, we soon lose
sight of the defects shown us. We should continually look into
the law of God, by which sin is revealed, not being forgetful
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SABBATH-SCHOOL LESSON. QUARTERLY,
hearers, but doers of the Word. (Some endeavor to destroy the
law, because it reveals defects and failures in their lives. This
is no'Nviser than it would be to da:h a mirror into fragments. lie-
cause it revealed defects in our persons or clothing. Such are
like the Hindu who, when the microscope made known to him
the fact that there were living Organisins in'the water he drank,
at once destroyed the microscope.
4.
"Many _will. be weighed in the balance and found wanting
in this matter of so great importance. Where are the Christians
who walk by this rule? Who will take God's part against the
evil speaker? who will please God, and, set a watch, a continual
watch, before the mouth, and keep the door of the lips? Speak
evil of no man. Hear evil of no man. If there be no hearers,
there will be no speakers of evil. If any one speaks evil in
your presence, check him. Refuse to hear him, though his
manner be ever ,so soft, and his accents mild. He may profess
attachment, and yet throw out covert hints and stab the char-
acter in the dark."—"Testimonies for the Church," volume
2,
page 54.
5.
Much is said about the need of the physical nature for
Pure water, pure air, and pure food. But that which is of the
greatest importance is pure religion. It is possible to drink
pure water, breathe pure air, and eat pure food, and yet be cor-
rupt in heart, and have a censorious, domineering character.
Only by the power of God, through the Holy Spirit, can the
wicked, deceitful heart of man be changed.
OCTOBER 24, 1914
Lesson 4 — God No Respecter of Persons; The
Judgment Standard
DAILY STUDY OUTLINE
Questions Notes
Sunday
God no respecter of persons
1-6
1
Monday
Our attitude toward all men
7, 8
2
Tuesday .... Oppressing the poor; the royal law 9,10 `3
Wednesday .. Transgressors of the law
11-13 4
Thursday
Standard of God's Judgment
14,15
Friday.
RevieW 'the lesson
LESSON SCBIPTURE: James 2:
Questions
A. With what exhortation does this chapter. open ?
James :
T.
Note 1.
SABBATH-SCHOOL LESSON QUARTERLY
II
2.
How are the rich and the poor frequently disz
tinguished? Verse
2.
3.
How was.- respect of persons often manifested?
Verse 3.
4.
What had those who made these distinctions be-
come? Verse 4.
5.
How does God look upon the inhabitants of this
world? Ps. 33: 13-16.
6.
What did the apostle Peter perceive? Acts to:
34, 35-
7.
What should be our attitude toward all men?
Prov. 24 : 23; 28:
21.
Note
2.
8.
To whom is the kingdom of God promised? Matt.
5:3, 5, 1o.
9.
What charge is made against some ? What do the
rich do? James 2 : 6, 7.
to. How is the royal law fulfilled? Verse 8. ,Com-'
pare Matt.
22 :
3,5-4o. Note •3.
- • 4
1. What do those• who have respect"Oi persons , do ?
By what is this sin shown? James 2 : 9. •
12.
Of what are those guilty who offend in but one
point? Verse to. Note 4.
13.
How is this illustrated? Verse II.
14.
What is this law called? How are we exhorted
to speak? Verse
12.
15.
How will those be judged who have shown no
mercy? Verse 13.
Notes
z. The Revised Version, margin, of this text reads, "My
brethren,
do ye, in accepting persons, hold the faith of our Lord
Jesus Christ, the Lord .of glory ?" None who profess the. pure
and undefiled religion of our Lord should countenance any. dis-
tinction, or manifest any partiality, among members of the
church, because of difference in wealth or social standing. We
are all one in Christ Jesus.
2. While God is no respecter of persons, He is a respecter of
character. He will immortalize a 'pure and holy chafacter in His
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SABBATH-SCHOOL LESSON
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QUARTERLY
kingdom. We, too, should love and respect good character, no
matter in whom it may be found.
3.
We are here cited to the higher, supreme law, before
which all will stand on an equality. There will- be no rich or
poor, no high or low. Right and wrong, guilt and innocence
alone will be considered. It is the "royal law" because it is the
law of the great King. Before this law all must how. By it
all differences must finally be settled.
4.
The moral law "is that revelation of the divine will which
relates to the duties men owe both to their Maker and to their
fellow men, or neighbors, as explained in Luke 10 : 33-37. This
law is spiritual and perfect, extending to all the inward creations
and outward actions of men, and can never be changed or an-
nulled.Binney's Theological Compend," page 153.)"
OCTOBER 31, 1914
Lesson 5 — Faith and Works
DAILY STUDY OUTLINE
Questions Notes
Sunday
Faith without works
1-3
1, 2
Monday
Real faith prompted by love
4-7
3, 4
Tuesday .... Au example of perfect faith
S, 9
5
Wednesday .. Justification by faith
10-12
Thursday ... Rahab's faith; illustration of a
dead faith
13, 14
Friday
Review the lesson
LESSON SCRIPTURE:
James 2: 14-26
. Questions
1.
What questions does James ask concerning faith?
James
2 :
14. Note 1.
2.
By what illustration does he make plain the mean-
ing of his question? Verses 15, 16. Note
2.
3.
What conclusion is drawn? Verse 17.
4.
What does real faith do? Gal. 5 : 6.
5.
What objection is propounded? What challenge
is made in reply? James
2:
18. Note 3.
6.
How is faith in the existence of God commended?
What is said concerning the faith of the fallen angels?
Verse 19. Note 4.
7.
What conclusion is again drawn ? Verse
20.
SABBATH-SCHOOL LESSON QUARTERLY
13
8.
What question is asked concerning Abraham?
Verse 21.
9.
What was it that wrought the works? How
was
the perfection of faith shown? Verse
22.
Note 5.
1o. What scripture was thus fulfilled? What is Abra-
ham called? Verse 23.
1. How is this same truth stated by the apostle Paul ?
Rom. 4 : 1-5.
12.
What conclusion is drawn from the example of
Abraham ? James
2 : 24.
13.
What further example is given of justification by
faith? Verse 25.
14.
What impressive illustration is given of a dead
faith? Verse 26.
Notes
i. "Can faith save him?"—Yes, real faith can save the soul.
"By grace are ye saved,
through faith."
"He that believeth
.
. shall be saved." Works can not save us. We are saved
by faith alone. But the writer of this epistle is seeking to show
that the mere profession of faith does not prove that we have
faith. James is setting forth the emptiness of the claim when
there is no fruit in the life as proof. A sign advertising wares
for sale is not sure evidence that the goods are within. The
meaning here seems to be that that faith which a man may claim
to have, but which does not manifest itself in a holy life, will
save no one, for it is not genuine faith.
2. The apostle Paul speaks of the "work of faith." i Thess.
: 3. Faith is living, and manifests itself in good works. That
kind of faith which will permit a man to say, "I have faith,"
and at the same time allow the destitute and naked to go unfed
and unclothed, when he might minister to their needs, is of no
avail. It is dead. It does not exist in reality. Such a person
does not really believe. He is professing to be what he is not.
The fruit seen in the life will determine whether or not we have
real faith. The tree is known by the fruit.
3. "The word which is rendered 'yea' would be better ren-
dered by 'but.' The apostle designs to introduce an objection, not
to make an affirmation. The sense is, 'Some one might say,'
or, 'To this it might be urged in reply.' That is, it might perhaps
be said that religion is not always manifested in the same way,
or we should not infer, because it is not always exhibited in the
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SABBATH-SCHOOL LESSON QUARTERLY
same form, that it does not exist:" One man may manifest it in
one way, and another in another, and still both have true piety:
One may be distinguished for his. faith, and
another
for his
works, and both may have real religion.":— Barnes.
"But it must be a living faith — a' faith that showS'its sincer-
ity by the sacrifices of self which it makes, by the .works of love
which it performs. A merely intellectual orthodoxy may be held
by demons. A mere profession of faith may be worth no niore
than the body of a man without the breath of life. A true faith
loves, works, lives. It regulates the conscience, the. speech, and
the life, by the
.
conviction of God's constant presence; it shows
its appreciation of spiritual realities by separation from• the
world. It takes the law of God as a reality, and, bringing its
grand truths and inspiring motives to bear directly upon, the
conduct of every day, works by love."—"Bible in the Hoine,"
page 115.
4.
A.mere intellectual belief is not faith. It will save no„one.
The fallen angels intellectually believe in a God. They know
He exists. They have been in heaven. They know something
of His nature and majesty, though engaged in warfare against
Him. Their belief does not lead them to repentance. It terri-
fies them. They tremble at the knowledge of the 'future which
their belief reveals to them. Many have what 'might be termed
an intellectual belief in the existence of God; and in tliinspira-
tion of the Word, yet continue in sin:. Real faith 'leads to a refor-
Mation Of life, a surrendering of all to God, manifested in a seiv.
ice of love.
5.
"There are many who fail to understand the relation of
faith and works. They say, 'Only believe in Christ,
-
and you are
safe. You have nothing. to do with keeping the law'. ,are
genuine faith will be
-
manifest
in obedience."="Patriarchs and
Prophets," pages 153, 154.
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Lesson 6 — The Tongue
DAILY STUDY OUTLINE
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'Questions
N0€8
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Sunday
Believers cautioned; test of one's
power to control the body ....
1-4
1,
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2
Monday
The "unruly member" .. ........ , .
5-8
3,4
Tuesday
Our words; will stand for or
against us in the Judgment ... 9-11
Wednesday
Unsuccessful attempts to tame thC
tongue
12,1s
Thursday ... Exhortations to those desiring fife l4-16
Friday
Review the lesson
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LESSON
SCRIPTURE
: James 3 : 1-9
16
SABBATH-SCHOOL LESSON QUARTERLY
judgment.
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"Evidently designed to censure the false mania for
teaching, the dogmatizing contentiousness which is thoroughly
characteristic of Judaizing Christians." (Lange.)
2.
"He who truly masters his words will master his works."
3.
The Revised Version, margin, reads, "Behold, how great a
forest is kindled by how small a fire!" The figure is that of a
wide-spread conflagration kindled by the incendiary work of an
unruly, unsanctified tongue.
4.
"Setteth on fire the wheel of nature." R. V. This indicates
how an unbridled tongue can completely possess and have a
reflex influence on the soul, changing the whole course of human
life into a great fire wheel of destruction. "Set on fire of hell."
The word "hell" is not here translated .from the word
hades,
or
the grave, but
ge henna.
The unsanctified, unruly tongue kindles
in the family, in the church, in the neighborhood, the flames of
gehenna
--"fire of hell." We should individually take heed that
we do not kindle .the first spark of this awful devastation.
How often this "fire of hell" has been kindled in churches
and communities by the improper use of the tongue! Nothing
will drive the Holy Spirit from the life more effectually than a
wrong use of this unruly member. An unbridled, unconsecrated
tongue may be a remorseless tool of Satan. There is no more
infamous instrument of evil than the tongue of the gossiper, the
tattler, the backbiter, and the slanderer. There are many tearful
eyes, broken hearts, ruined homes, and blasted lives, as the result
of the wrong use of the tongue. Churches-have been ruined
and neighborhoods disgraced by busybodies and scandal-mongers:-
NOVEMBER
14, 1914
Lesson 7 — The Tree Known by the Fruit
DAILY STUDY OUTLINE
Questions Notes
Sunday
Inconsistencies in the life
1-5
1-3
Monday
What our words reveal; true
wisdom
6-8
4,5
Tuesday .... The terrible results of envy and
strlfeAn—the—heare
9-11 6
Wednesday .. Laying aside all evil speaking
12-14
Thursday ... The fruit of righteousness
15,16 7
Friday
Review the lesson
LESSON SCRIPTURE :
James 3: io-i8
Questions
i. After speaking concerning an unruly tongue, what
inconsistency in the life does James mention? What is
said of this? James 3: to. Note T.
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SABBATH-SCHOOL LESSON QUARTERLY
4.
What are the afflicted to do ? The merry ? James
5:,13. Note 3.
5.
What are the sick exhorted to do? What are the
elders to do? Verse 14: Note
4.
6.
What will the prayer of faith do? What blessing
is assured to those who are raised up in answer.. to
prayer? Verse 15. Note 5.
7.
What should those desiring to be healed., do?
Verse 16, first part. Note 6:
8: What is said of ferVent prayer? Verse r6, last pirt.'
9. What example is given of the power of _prevailing
supplication? Verses 17, 18. Note 7.
:
io..What assurance haS Jesus given its that our prayers
will be. answered ? John. 1.4': 13 ; Mark IL: 22-24.
II What is' said of the--one who succeeds in turning
a sinner from the error of his ways? James 5: 19,
20.
12.
When a brother trespasses against us, what did
Jesus instruct us to do ? Matt. 18 : 15-17.
13.
How does the Lord regard the saving of a soul ?
Luke
`i5: IO.
14.
How is this same comforting truth expressed by
one of the prophets? Eze. 18 : 23 32.
'Notee
s. "The
end
of the Lord." The word "end" here means
object. There was a purpose in the trial and affliction of Job."
The Lord was working toward an end. It is even so. in -the
trials and afflictions that He permits to befall each of us. .In•
trial we are to learn that the Lord is pitiful and compassionate.
2. "Our Saviour did not, however, forbid the use of the
judicial oath, in which God is .solemnly called to witness that
what is said is ale truth, and nothing but the truth. Jesus
Himself; at His trial before the Sanhedrin, did not refuse to
testify under oath. The high priest said unto Him, 'I adjure
Thee by the living God, that Thou tell us whether Thou be the
Christ, the Son of God.' Jesus answered, 'Thou hast said.' Had
Christ, in the Sermon on the Mount, condemned the judicial oath,
He would at His trial have reproved the high priest, and thus,
for the benefit of His followers, have enforced His own teach-
ing."—"Mount of Blessing."
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SABBATH-SCHOOL LESSON QUARTERLY
3
1
1\V hat' do our Wo'rds' feve'al
D'e'scribe" the' wisdom that
Is from- above.- Lesson 7:
8.
What does James say is the cause of strife and
controversies among the members ? Repeat some promises
concerning prayer. What
—
Was the example of Jesus in
this matter ?- What hinders prayer ? What is union with
the world called? With what weapon should we resist
temptation ? Lesson, 8.
9.
What is said of the 'Sin of judging? What—did
Jesus say concerning this sin? What is said concerning
the uncertainty of life? Whom should we recognize in
all the affairs of life? -Lesson 9.
io. How is the distress described that is coming upOn
the rich? When does this, especially apply? What con-
flict ,between capital and labor is mentioned? What ex-
hortations are given to God's people? State the time and
purpose of the latter rain. What example of patience is
given? Lesson io.
I I. What instruction is given concerning praying for
the sick? What instruction is given concerning confes-
sion to one another ? :What case is cited as an example
of prevailing prayer ? Lesson I I.
12. Repeat the tenth commandment.. Define covet-
ousness. Repeat a warning given by the Saviour against
covetousness. How-extensive is God's ownership in this
World ? What is a tithe.? When the tithe is withheld,
which commandment do we' transgress?
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